File-holder.



PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905 .E '0. ARMIJO.

FILE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'3, 1904.

WITNESSES.

ATTORNEYS UNIT D STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FILE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,465, dated March21, 1905.

Application filed August 3, 1904.. Serial No. 219,308.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CATARINO ARMIJO, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Lascruces, in the county of Donna Ana and Territory of NewMexico, have invented a new and Improved File-Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to file-holders, my object being to provide adevice for holding files of various kinds, and especially those designedfor filing away canceled checks which are to be kept for a short timeonly and are to be taken out at intervals.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the course of thesubjoined description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet provided with my improvedfile-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of myfile-holders, and Fig. 3 is a sectional per spective view of the same.

In the drawings, 1 represents a cabinet, and 2 a series of boxes orreceptacles of any ordinary construction. In the bottom of each box 2 isplaced a longitudinal central rod 3, which may be fixed to the box inany desired manner, as by means of screwing into the back plate 4. Thefile-holder is provided with a series of celluloid cards 5, havingprojections 6 at their tops designed for the purpose of receiving names,dates, or any other desired matter. The cards are temporarily secured tothe rod 3 by means of a fastening device composed of a flat metal piece7, with an overlapping end 8 passing through the card, and a clasp 9,secured in the bottom of the part 8 and adapted to pass over the rod 3and hold the card in position until removed. It will be obvious thatthese cards may be placed upon the rod, and therefore held in positionupon it by merely forcing the clasp downward upon the rod. They can alsobe removed by a straight pull away from the rod, which is a greatadvantage.

10 is a back plate designed to be forced forward against the series ofcards to hold them in position. It is attached to a hinge 11 12,

the lower part 12 of which is provided with a names shown in Fig. 1, andthe card may be moved by a direct pull instead of by pulling the rodout, as is the case with the files now in use, and displacing all thecards. The card may be put away with other cards which are not in use,and when it is desired to use one of them the name may be easily erasedon account of the character of the celluloid surface employed for thecards. The use of the celluloid cards is a very important feature of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent '1. A file-holder having a rod therein, a series ofcelluloid cards movably mounted upon and above the rod, a resilientclasp for removably holding the cards to the rod, and an adjustablemeans for holding said cards securely together.

2. In afileholder, the combination of a rod, a series of cards mountedthereabove, a resilient clasp for removably holding said cards inposition on the rod, and means 'for forcing said cardstogetl1er,comprising a plate adapted to bear upon a card at one end ofthe series, and a hinge secured to the plate and connected with the rod.

3. Ina file-holder, the combination of a rod, a series of cards mountedabove said rod, means for removably holding said cards in position onthe rod, and means for forcing said cards together, comprisinga plate,and a hinge having one half thereof secured to the plate, and having ahole through the other half, said rod passing through said hole;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ED. A. MANN, Josie R. LUCERO.

